[libreoffice-users] Re: what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread AdmFubar
krackedpress wrote > So with these specs, what is the newest version of LO you would > install?  With this low RAM, it may not be able to handle the newest > versions. As I type this, the old system is now in the "software > updating" cycle.  So, it is installing the newest LO that is in Ubuntu

Re: [libreoffice-users] writer vs calc behaviour in LO 6.0.1.1

2018-02-24 Thread Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Hi, Le 24/02/2018 à 20:03, Dave Stevens a écrit : I'm using the version in the subject line on Linux Mint. In calc if I insert the date using the insert menu and the date option I get a cell with today's date, formatted comprehensibly. If I do the same thing in Writer I can't, the option isn't

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) LibreOffice is not like most programs. It has a large core program with a few tiny modules / satellites / add-ons / plug-ins / apps that kinda plug-in to that core. Removing one or a handful of those modules does very little to affect the size or complexity of LibreOffice. At least that

Re: [libreoffice-users] writer vs calc behaviour in LO 6.0.1.1

2018-02-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:03 24/02/2018 -0800, Dave Stevens wrote: I'm using the version in the subject line on Linux Mint. In calc if I insert the date using the insert menu and the date option I get a cell with today's date, formatted comprehensibly. I'm not sure what you mean here. If you are using the

[libreoffice-users] writer vs calc behaviour in LO 6.0.1.1

2018-02-24 Thread Dave Stevens
I'm using the version in the subject line on Linux Mint. In calc if I insert the date using the insert menu and the date option I get a cell with today's date, formatted comprehensibly. If I do the same thing in Writer I can't, the option isn't there. I must (as far as I know) choose field then

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Tim, > > Robert The custom install as you stated seems to come up in Windows, not > DEB based Linux install, unless you install through the repository, and > package managers like Synaptic. I have never installed LibreOffice on a Windows-system. You could choose the packages under OpenSUSE,

[libreoffice-users] LO-6.0.1 crashes assigning macro

2018-02-24 Thread Rich Shepard
I'm running version 6.0.1 on Slackware-14.2. I created a macro to delete the next character (using the Del key) and saved it to My Macros -> Standard (as del_right). When I try to assign it to Ctrl+D in Tools -> Options -> Keyboard -> Macros -> My macros LO crashes as soon as I click the

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread M Henri Day
2018-02-24 17:03 GMT+01:00 Tim-L : > On 02/24/2018 05:19 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > >> On 24/02/2018 09:35, zahra a wrote: >> >> since i am not programmer and cant use linux, i should use xp. >>> >> Everyone can use Linux, not only developers. I have a degree in >>

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread Tim-L
On 02/24/2018 05:19 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 24/02/2018 09:35, zahra a wrote: since i am not programmer and cant use linux, i should use xp. Everyone can use Linux, not only developers. I have a degree in humanities and have never written a single line of code, but I am a very happy Linux

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Sorry, i don't know what PYOO is so i have redirected this question back to the LO mailing list - even though it is really a question for Calligra forums/mailing-lists. I've only used their spreadsheets for very straight-forwards sums, to add columns of figures. Is PYOO something that can

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread M Henri Day
2018-02-24 12:23 GMT+01:00 Robert Großkopf : > Hi Henri, > > > > Surprised to hear that the Ubuntu respositories don't provide a complete > LO > > package - I install via the PPA on my Linux Mint machine, which is an > > Ubuntu fork, and get everything, including Math

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hi Henri, > > Surprised to hear that the Ubuntu respositories don't provide a complete LO > package - I install via the PPA on my Linux Mint machine, which is an > Ubuntu fork, and get everything, including Math and Base. What gives ?... Every Linux-distribution does allow to install only parts

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread M Henri Day
2018-02-24 11:19 GMT+01:00 Italo Vignoli : > On 24/02/2018 09:35, zahra a wrote: > > > since i am not programmer and cant use linux, i should use xp. > > Everyone can use Linux, not only developers. I have a degree in > humanities and have never written a single line of

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 24/02/2018 09:35, zahra a wrote: > since i am not programmer and cant use linux, i should use xp. Everyone can use Linux, not only developers. I have a degree in humanities and have never written a single line of code, but I am a very happy Linux user and will never switch back to macOS or

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread M Henri Day
2018-02-23 22:27 GMT+01:00 Tim-L : > > Hey Guys. I found two 512MB memory sticks. It now gives me about 800MB > after the shared video memory. > > Did you know that the Ubuntu repositories do not install LO Math with LO? > Found that out about an hour ago. > ​Good

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread leleu
Since you use Ubuntu the unwanted parts can be uninstalled, or, better, unselected when preparing LO installation Je la 24/02/2018 09:35, zahra a skribis : i wished that LO has one version for home users to not install engineering programs like math, draw, base. i only need writer and have to

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread toki
On 02/24/2018 08:35 AM, zahra a wrote: >to not install engineering programs like math, draw, base. Sounds like you want OOoLight, which is no longer maintained. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread toki
On 02/23/2018 09:27 PM, Tim-L wrote: > Did you know that the Ubuntu repositories do not install LO Math with LO? The last time I installed LibO from the Ubuntu repository, it also left out Base, the Help files, and something else (printing, perhaps.) jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] what version of LO would work on a really old system?

2018-02-24 Thread zahra a
i wished that LO has one version for home users to not install engineering programs like math, draw, base. i only need writer and have to have one office suite which most features are for engineers, businesses, companies etc. since i am not programmer and cant use linux, i should use xp. On